Thread: What TableSaw do you have?

Originally Posted by Arry

If you don't mind I would like to start a sort of mini comparison on what saws people have and the pro's and cons of them.

I have a Carbatec MJ-2325B

Pro's Cheap,

Cons - needed an aftermarket fence to make it accurate enough

Cheers

I have the 12" version from Timbecon. I'm happy with the fence, but the riving knife is fixed - it does not go up and down with the blade, and cannot be adjusted down or up. In consequence, I can't do cuts part way through any but the narrowest stock.

It's cutting performance was vastly improved with a Freud blade (I found one in PTMS in Bayswater).

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Originally Posted by spokeshave

I have one of these also and agree about the fence, mine has a twist front to back so is totally useless. Will replace it one day.

Dust extraction is rubbish (although i only have a 1hp dusty), the supplied blade insert is rubbish (sits up to 1mm below table surface and required shimming or home made replacement) and the supplied mitre fence is rubbish (too much slop).

But it is quiet in use and fairly solid. And reasonably priced at the moment.

Steven.

What' dust collection? I've not been able to attach anything to the outlet on my mj2331. However, the plastic blade cover (under the table) has broken, and I intend to replace it with one made from plywood and attach DC to that.

MJ 2325 carba tec....replaced fence with bessimier clone and a Kreg mitre....absolutely magic.......except for the dust extraction.........AL

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Great workhorse, easy to align. Upgraded to this from the Triton, never regretted the move.

Added an extension wing. Removed the router wing, too many hassles. Also made a dust separator for it to go between the table and the dust collector.

I also added the Triton sliding table extension - got the idea from Sturdee - works great for crosscutting large sheets -see here

Recent ( last weekend) problem with the control switch - stop button will not work, quite loose

Also, have a look at table saw comparison thread from 2009 here - the MJ2325B didn't come up too well

Also, some relevant comments here

Would have preferred a riving knife setup.

I use the dado setup a lot, but it is limited to 15mm width because of the short arbor spindle length. But I cheat by using a blade stiffener as a big washer, rather than the conical washer that comes with it, and get 18mm OK and safely.

Originally Posted by 46150

MJ 2325 carba tec....replaced fence with bessimier clone and a Kreg mitre....absolutely magic.......except for the dust extraction.........AL

The dustport on my MJ2331 points straight at the support legs, and so it's pretty much impossible to attach anything to it.

Recently, the plastic blade cover has broken, and I've started to make a replacement. The replacement will be sheetgoods shaped with bandsaw, and will have an attachment to connect something at the _side_ of the blade. "Something" will be a vacuum cleaner (perhaps with a mini cyclone in the line).if that can't cope then the dusty.

I have a Jet 10" Supersaw (JWSS-708781). Love it.

Pros:

small sliding table for but big enough for almost anything except large slabs or sheets. Mitre gauge much better than the usual gauge from another table saw.

Left tilting, making bevel cuts safer and easier

plenty of grunt

space to add a router table insert into the wooden extension wing (but haven't done it yet as I live in Italy and my saw lives in storage

Cons:

Not 12 inch.

removing the mitre gauge is a pain

needs a bigger extension table.

Trav